Comparison

LockFit vs EarnScroll

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LockFit

This app helps you reduce screen time by requiring you to complete short exercises before unlocking distracting apps. Track your focus, effort, and build healthier habits through movement and discipline.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Unlock apps with quick exercises
  • Track locked time and workout effort
  • View daily and weekly focus insights
  • Solo fitness challenges with reminders
  • Customizable unlock rules
Features
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Stop scrolling. Start moving. LockFit is the only app blocker that makes you earn your unlocks — complete a quick exercise (push-ups, squats, or planks) and the app opens. No workout, no access. Choose which apps to block, set how much effort it takes to unlock them, and build healthier habits through movement and discipline. Key features: • Block distracting apps and set custom unlock rules • Unlock apps with quick exercises • Track locked time, unlocks, and workout effort • View daily and weekly focus insights • Take on solo fitness challenges with daily reminders LockFit offers both free and premium features. Premium features require a paid subscription. Premium features include: • Access to additional exercises • Deeper focus and workout insights • Advanced customization for rules and challenges Subscriptions are available on a monthly and yearly basis. Pricing may vary by region. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID settings. LockFit is designed to help you stay present, build consistency, and replace passive screen time with intentional action. Privacy Policy: https://lockfit-legal.vercel.app/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://lockfit-legal.vercel.app/terms.html

About

EarnScroll

This app helps you regain control of your phone usage by requiring you to complete real-world healthy habits to earn screen time. Block distracting apps and trade physical activity for minutes of guilt-free scrolling.

Highlights
  • Block distracting apps
  • Earn screen time with physical habits
  • Verified habit completion (motion sensors, GPS)
  • Customizable exchange rates
  • Streak tracking
  • Family mode for kids
  • Focus sessions
Features
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Your phone is stealing your life four seconds at a time. EarnScroll takes it back. EarnScroll is the screen time app that makes you work for every minute on Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, and any other app that's quietly rotting your brain. No more mindless unlocks. No more "just five minutes" that turns into two hours. If you want the dopamine, you earn the dopamine. HOW IT WORKS Pick the apps that waste your time. EarnScroll blocks them. To unlock them, you complete a real-world healthy habit like push-ups, squats, steps walked, or our favorite: going outside and touching actual grass. Finish the challenge, earn minutes, scroll guilt-free. Run out of minutes? Drop and give us twenty. EARN SCREEN TIME WITH - Push-ups, verified by your phone's motion sensors - Squats, same deal, no cheating - Steps, synced with Apple Health or Google Fit - Outdoor time, confirmed by GPS so you actually leave the house - Custom habits like meditation, reading, or water intake BLOCK THE APPS THAT BLOCK YOUR LIFE Lock Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Snapchat, X, Facebook, Reddit, dating apps, mobile games, anything you wish you used less. EarnScroll enforces the block at the system level. No willpower required. The app physically will not open until you've earned the time. WHY EARN SCROLL IS DIFFERENT Most screen time apps just shame you with a weekly report. Cool, now what? Most app blockers are too easy to bypass. One tap on "ignore limit" and you're back in the hole. EarnScroll is built on a simple trade: your health for your habits. Every minute of scroll time is a minute you invested in your body. You don't quit social media. You earn it. BUILT FOR - Anyone trying to break a phone addiction - Parents who want kids earning screen time instead of inheriting it - Students who need to focus - Gym-goers turning rest days into rep days - Remote workers fighting the Slack-to-Twitter spiral - People who genuinely want to touch grass more FEATURES - Custom exchange rates so you set how many push-ups equal one minute of Instagram - Streak tracking to build momentum and watch your habit chains grow - Daily and weekly stats showing exactly how much you earned versus spent - Hard mode with no rollover minutes, no banking, no mercy - Family mode to set rules for kids that they can't override - Focus sessions for full lockdown during deep work - Habit history to track fitness wins alongside screen time wins THE PHILOSOPHY We're not anti-phone. We're anti-autopilot. The problem isn't that you use Instagram. The problem is that you opened it without deciding to. EarnScroll puts a small, healthy speed bump between you and the infinite scroll. Over time, that speed bump rewires your defaults. You get fitter. You get outside. You get your attention back. And when you do scroll, you actually enjoy it, because you earned it. DOWNLOAD EARNSCROLL AND START EARNING Stop letting algorithms decide how your day goes. Trade reps for minutes. Trade steps for scrolls. Trade grass for the gram. Your future self is watching. Earn your screen time. Earn your life back. PLAN: Pro Plan - Unlock All EarnScroll Features $8.99/month $39.99/year LICENSE AGREEMENT: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ LEGAL: https://getearnitapp.com/privacy.html https://getearnitapp.com/terms.html

Screenshots

LockFit4 screens
EarnScroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LockFit at weekly against EarnScroll's monthly. LockFit also leads on ratings volume (556 vs 31) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LockFit sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and EarnScroll sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LockFit holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LockFit has 556 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 59% and 60% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LockFit ships an update weekly, EarnScroll monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
LockFit versus EarnScroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLockFitEarnScroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (556 ratings) — better4.5 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews59.1% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings556 — better31
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas TirnyuyNICHOLAS ALLEN SNIDER

Customer experience

LockFit

All ratings556 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.8%

EarnScroll

All ratings31 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

LockFit

Subscriptions11
  • LockFit Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • LockFit Premium$9.991 Month
  • LockFit Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
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  • LockFit Premium Monthly$17.991 Month
  • LockFit Premium$19.991 Year
  • LockFit Premium$24.991 Year
  • LockFit Premium Annual$29.991 Year
  • LockFit Premium – One-Time Offer$29.991 Year
  • LockFit Premium Annual Discount$34.991 Year
  • LockFit Premium Annual$39.991 Year
  • LockFit Premium Annual$49.991 Year
3 purchases

EarnScroll

Subscriptions2
  • EarnScroll Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • EarnScroll Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Earn It Monthly$8.99

Questions

Is LockFit free?
LockFit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EarnScroll free?
EarnScroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LockFit or EarnScroll?
LockFit is rated higher. LockFit averages 4.7 out of 5 from 556 ratings, while EarnScroll averages 4.5 from 31 ratings.
Do LockFit or EarnScroll have ads?
Neither LockFit nor EarnScroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LockFit or EarnScroll?
LockFit ships an update weekly, and EarnScroll monthly. Most recently, LockFit was updated on October 17, 2026 and EarnScroll on October 16, 2026.

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